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Avsar (Hindi) [Opportunity]

By Golu
This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...
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The Mafia's Obsession (Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
Continuing with watching DramaBox series, this is another series of multiple short episodes stitched together as a movie in vertical format so it is easily watchable on phone. As I might have mentioned before, these shows are total guilt pleasures and they beautiful fit within a 90 minute range (plus or minus) making it an easy watch.

The shows starts with one mafia taking over another's business and agrees to let him love, as long as his son Pietro can get married to his daughter Alice. 15 years later, Alice's brother Augusto can't stand that Alice will marry to mob son Pietro. He finds. Loophole in the contract and instead says that he will marry Pietro. What Augusto doesn't know is that since they were kids, Pietro has always like Augusto and he changed the contract to have that loophole. So Pietro very much loves Augusto but he doesn't believe it. Also with this marriage, the entire mafia community goes against this bog mafia family because they don't accept gay relationship. The rest of the show is about how slowly Pietro makes Augusto realize that he truly loves him and this is not some kind of game that he is playing. Pietro's team thinks that Augusto is a softie, so he also needs to prove he is worthy of being a member in the mafia organization. The two clash frequently. Moments of vulnerability surface, hinting at a deeper connection that neither expected, while Augusto also trying to understand that Pietro truly and deeply loves him despite all his philandering ways in these past years. In the process we see how both. Their fathers eventually agree to their relationship and accept their love.

Like all drama box shows, this one also looks polished with some really good looking actors. You do not need to take any of it seriously and just enjoy for the sake of it. This story actually had a bit of ups and down, since we see how Pietro has to convince his husband of his true love, while Augusto not only has to see that love but also train himself to prove that he is worthy of being in the Mafia. In addition to all this, he also has to take some mafia tests put together by Paietro's father, only post which he will be fully indoctrinated in to the family and mafia business. Total guilty pleasure, we do get see two hot guys, a lot of shirtless scenes, some sexual scenes but nothing very sensual. Just enough. Sadly there are not many kisses which is what I would have liked to see. Augusto with his chiseled face here is the real charmer and actor playing Pietro brings in this Spanish kinda Mafia charm. Overall a decent time pass and something to watch while you are traveling easily on your phone. (6/10)
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